Michael Watkins, a park ranger at Sebastian Inlet State Park, uses a red flashlight to illuminate a loggerhead turtle as she enter the ocean after laying a clutch of eggs roughly a mile south of the park on July 3.

A group of nearly 20 people watch as a female loggerhead sea turtle lays a clutch of eggs near Sebastian Inlet State Park on July 3rd. Six nights a week, guides from the park give tours along the beach so visitors can have the chance to see a nesting turtle.

A group of nearly 20 people watch as a female loggerhead sea turtle lays a clutch of eggs near Sebastian Inlet State Park on July 3rd. Six nights a week, guides from the park give tours along the beach so visitors can have the chance to see a nesting turtle.

A female loggerhead turtle drops eggs, roughly the size of ping pong balls, into a freshly dug nest on the beach south of Sebastian Inlet State Park on July 3.